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Today at Praia Área Medio: Excellent for wing foiling — 87/100 for intermediate level. Wind 9 kn SE · Waves 0.6 m, 15 s · Tide -1.0 to 0.3 m. Best window around 19:00 UTC. Today's conditions at Praia Área Medio: 0.6m waves with light onshore wind. E-Foiling looks Excellent in the morning, with Kite Foiling also worth considering. Water temperature is 15°C / 59°F.
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Praia Área Medio faces S, and that aspect decides whether the day's wind arrives clean off the water or broken up by the land — which matters more for wing foiling than the forecast speed alone.
Today's wind is cross-onshore at 9 kn. Leaning onshore, which is the forgiving side for wing foiling: you can hold a line along the beach and anything that goes wrong still drifts you in.
Over the published window Praia Área Medio clears 60/100 for wing foiling at Intermediate, Advanced, Expert levels — that is who this spot is for on this sport. Today, 5 of 11 daylight hours clear that line at Intermediate.
Among the 31 scored spots within reach today, Praia Área Medio ranks 2nd for wing foiling. The order changes by discipline: the same conditions that put a spot top for one sport can drop it down the list for another.
Satellite-derived bathymetry with 10 m pixels and 10 cm vertical resolution out to ~40 m depth. The shape of the seabed is what determines where and how waves break.
Most apps run a single global model at 9–25 km. We blend regional NWP from national meteorological offices at 1.3–2 km — UK Met Office UKV, Météo-France AROME HD, ItaliaMeteo ICON-2I — with ECMWF IFS for the 8-day horizon. Finer resolution means the sea breeze, cliff funnelling and bay shadowing that changes everything for a session.
A nearshore wave model propagates the spectrum across the bathymetric mesh — modelling refraction, shoaling, dissipation, focusing and breaking as it goes. Most apps stop at swell + wind. We go further.
10 sport models × 4 ability levels weight wave height, period, wind, tide and breaking conditions differently — calibrated against ridden sessions so the scores mean what they say.
A small, 100 m semi-sheltered cove on a ria's south shore, with a mixed rock-and-sand bottom, white sand, and calm water, set among attractive vegetation. Sheltered from Atlantic swell, it suits swimming and calm-water paddling rather than surfing or kitesurfing. No known dangers are documented, but there is no lifeguard cover and only minimal facilities. Entry and exit over the mixed rock-and-sand bottom are likely easier around mid to high tide.
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Wind at Praia Área Medio today: 9 kn SE (gusting 27 kn). Wind direction relative to the shore affects wing foiling conditions significantly — offshore winds produce cleaner, glassier surfaces while onshore winds add chop. These are daily averages; the 4Shor app shows hourly detail.
Waves at Praia Área Medio today: 0.6 m, 15 s period from N, peeling character. 4Shor derives nearshore wave conditions from ECMWF IFS 9-km atmospheric data and the IBI regional ocean model, updated hourly.
The best window for wing foiling at Praia Área Medio today is around 19:00 UTC, when conditions score 87/100 for intermediate level. Conditions can shift by the hour — the 4Shor app shows the full 24-hour score chart.
For beginners, Praia Área Medio scores 77/100 today for surfing — Good. A score of 65–79 is Good for a beginner; 80+ is Excellent (90+ is Epic!); below 45 the session is usually not worth it. 4Shor scores every location across Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced and Expert levels.
Praia Área Medio is scored for Surfing, Windsurfing, Kite Surfing, Kite Foiling, Wing Foiling, E-Foiling, Paddleboarding, Swimming, Kayaking, Canoeing in the 4Shor forecast system. Conditions are rated Beginner through Expert for each sport, updated every hour, so you always know whether the session is worth the drive.
Praia Área Medio is a coastal location near Cabanas in Spain. It is one of more than 2,500 European water-sport locations scored daily by 4Shor.
4Shor's ShorSense™ system combines satellite-derived seafloor mapping, nearshore wave models, wind and tide data to generate a hyper-local forecast. At Praia Área Medio, conditions are scored hourly on a 0–100 scale for each sport and ability level. A score of 80+ means Excellent (90+ Epic!); 65–79 is Good; below 45 the session is usually not worth the drive.
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